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Try first to unclog the printhead, it will print without filter too. Use patience, not force.

After all the level indicated by the chip is just a nice to have. As you discovered, the printhead has an ink level sensor and will raise an error when the cart is really empty. Only problem I am afraid is you need a cart with a non-empty chip to reset this.

Did you try to clean the chip contacts with isopropanol ? Worked for me.

As mentioned elsewhere the black channel was clogging more and more, I suspect the octopus-office.de BK ink I used several years without problems lost quality (maybe the pigments sedimented). I tried large format MBK, it solved the problem for some time, but not to my satisfaction. I even...

As you experienced applying force is not the good method. The PRO-10 printheads can live long if you print regularly - although one or two months wouldn't be a problem. I had the best results with abandoned printheads by soaking in demineralized water with a drop of good hand dishwashing liquid...

Watch your nozzle checks with a magnifying glass and have a known working ink available to revert, but chances are it is possible. PRO-10 printheads are rather sturdy.

I recently refilled my Maxify in despair with large format BK ink expired in 2009 :eek:. The black nozzles were clogging more and more (using 3th party ink) and the GI-56 bottles were sold out. I was fearing for the printhead. After a few cleaning cycles the nozzle check was perfect again ! As...

Same reason you must not overfill I suppose.

Still no no idea what the air intake is for ? I stopped sealing the ink outlet after refilling. Now I raise the back of the printer when changing carts (why else they are inclining forward for no other reason as making refilling as difficult as possible).

No problem. I will stick with the PRO-10 (found another one, sadly enough expensive with a clogged printhead - €70).

I am a bit confused The file "CN_PP202_Pro10_GlossyII_MaxQuality.icm" has an internal description "FS_PlatEtchingET8550_MAT_V1" It looks exactly the same as my PRO-10 profiles on glossy papers, so I suppose it is from the PRO-10 ? The one named "CN_PP201_ET8550_UltraGlossy_HQ_v1.icc" is a bit...

I do not print often on matte papers, only for posters (=temporarily use, not to frame). First of all it doesn't work for all images, second I use the sliders to give more pop. Mostly on the PRO-9500II to save my PRO-10. I would be delighted when you attach the icc files ;)

Precision Colors has to do this since there are almost no refillable printers anymore. Very inventive and courageous, but as long as you have a printer as easy as a PRO-10, why would you fill an ET8850 with 3th party pigment inks when the original dye inks are sold in bottles, have a high gamut...

Temporarily sold out ;)

You won't find any, even older Lucia is sold much too expensive. Except for Blue and Green (how could that be :D).

It would be good ink for certain (and there is no other choice for CO). Canon never said it is the same ink though. I went for Lucia EX since it is somewhat cheaper per ml, about half price of PGI-72. Ink IS expensive nowadays.

I used different mixes and roughly can say that the Lucia EX inks have a slightly higher gamut than PRO-10 OEM (no experience with PRO-1000 (Lucia PRO). The original Lucia was used in the PRO-9500 and has a bit less gamut and gloss equality. In most colours these inks are exchangeable with the...

Is it possible to attach/send the icc files, I would compare with mine on the PRO-10 ?

This confirms what @The Hat suggested. Does this mean Canon starts to watch closer to the carts we use ?

Off topic, the Maxify pumps the waste ink up to the top of a kind of tower in the back at right to drop it down again on pieces of felt. Probably to enhance the absorption capacity of the pads in the bottom. Very easy to connect an external tube with minimal disassembly. The WIC of my first...